A F F I L I AT I V E F O O D M O O G R F OOD F O OD D R E L A T E D M AT E O O F Chimpanzees Fission-Fusion COOPERATIVE COMMUNITY Community Dominant Dominant Male Female This project started by asking the question: What encourages cooperation and engagement within a community setting? Political Affiliation The study of primates led to some Dominant interesting discoveries about two species in Female the Pan genus: Chimpanzees and Bonobos. Though they have the same basic community structure, there are distinct differences that end in one group being more aggressive and Chimpanzees Bonobos the other more peaceful.
The enxt two pages cover Key Differences between the Chimpanzees and Bonobos. CHIMPANZEE BONOBO CHIMPANZEE BONOBO 6am 6am Females disengage from Females disengage from mother and leave group Groups forage close to mother and leave group @ 10-13 years eachother. Males share @ 10-13 years for affiliation. Females w/ infants forage away FORAGING from the group to protect the young FORAGING Groups forage close to eachother and share throughout Play between juveniles helps to relieve stress PHYSICAL and create close relationships ENGAGEMENT PHYSICAL PHYSICAL Males fight for ENGAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT dominance, losing males leave their females and join All Male Groups Agression and fighting happen mostly between males but often is Females transfer into Females transfer into aimed at females groups and affiliate w/ groups and affiliate w/ Intimate engagement dominant female @ dominant female @ FORAGING happens between all 13-15years 13-15years group members but is not incestuous Intimate engagement is typically male Play between mother instigated and can be and child helps to used as trade pass on skills needed PHYSICAL to survive ENGAGEMENT Infantacide An expanded diet and group dynamics happens when a produces a more male takes over efficient system another males FORAGING group and wants to control the females FORAGING Groups dynamics and New females gain food sources require acceptance by more foraging to showing favor to sustain all members dominant females 4pm 4pm Male Agression: Food Factor: High stress heirarchy vs. Play and sex therapy Specialized diet w/ less sharing vs. Expanded diet and sharing
CHIMPANZEE BONOBO CHIMPANZEE BONOBO NESTING NESTING Group sleep together Group sleep together NESTING NESTING 6am 6am for protection. Youth for protection. Youth are carried by the are carried by the mother until 5 years mother until 5 years Group sleep in male Group sleep in male dominated groups dominated groups with multiple females with multiple females and some juvenile and some juvenile males optional males optional Females disengage from Females disengage from mother and leave group mother and leave group @ 10-13 years @ 10-13 years Allogrooming happens throughout the group Allogrooming typically happens between relatives or as trade Females transfer into Females transfer into groups and affiliate w/ groups and affiliate w/ dominant female @ dominant female @ 13-15years 13-15years RESTING NESTING NESTING NESTING NESTING 4pm 4pm Allogrooming: Nesting: As tradable commodity vs. Comforting engagement Smaller groups close by vs. Larger intimate grouping
Bonobo TRANSLATING Care Safety Skills Food Shelter Relax Focusing in on the stress/ Male Chimpanzee Cortisol Levels Parent/Youth aggression patterns of the chimpanzees, as well as the Youth/Community group dynamics that seem to Youth/Youth release stress for the bonobos Fruit Abundance helps to narrow the focus Adult/Adult within the human population. Living needs & who they are met by (Bonobo above, Homeless families contend homeless family below) with high levels of cortisol and stress as well as having Stress and chimpanzee males - high cortisol issues meeting basic needs H-Family Care Safety Skills Food Shelter Relax levels play an important role in the aggression found for survival and maintining in Chimpanzees and in health issues Parent/Youth connections to community support. Youth/Community Extended Youth/Youth Vegetation Diet Safer Adult/Adult Environment Shelter/Family Female Dominance Large Foraging Parties Community Resource Relationships: Males Don’t Fight LOW for Control Share Food STRESS Bonobo (left) have a self-feeding system that builds for a greater good. Closer Bonds Emergency (next page top) full-fills basic needs More Free Time Access to but on a schedule. Stress Relief Transitional (next page bottom) brings services Intimate Relax & Play BONOBO and skills into play but doesn’t link them back Interactions into the system . Reconciliation Skills
Carpentry Training Houses for Emergency Sale or Rent Shelter Food Land-trust Stable Housing for Safe Place Guests Culinary to Sleep Training Shelter Current famliy homeless shelters bring together as Job Search many resources and fill as many needs as they can Food for Help possibly handle for the more than 4,000 homeless Guests Food families in Minnesota. Part of the problem is that most Whole families only stay for 2 months and never get a chance Legal Help System to really figure their future out, they are just trying to Resources Medical cover the basic needs of their family. Cycle Records Health Training Privacy General Aid Help Food for Office Safe Place Guests Training Education to Sleep In-house Shelter Clinic Culinary Training School-age Child Care Technology Food Tutoring Training Center SHELTER- Resources People Serving SHELTER+ People Early In-house Childhood Health This model would Self-Feeding Clinic Education Job Clinic house families for a year, Laundry System breaking the cycle of stress, Education and weave as many existing community Hygene Supplies resources into the system as possible. Every program Early Childhood available could be used as a learning experience that School-age Education Tutoring would help clients secure jobs at a livable wage.
Housing Abandoned building Health Empty lots- 1st stage Food Help Empty lots- 2nd stage Training/ Under-used Education buildings Parking lot for businesses Proposed site SHELTER+ One of the goals at Shelter+ is to create a Using a site just southeast compact community that from Loring Park provides has ties back out into a central location that can surrounding communities. connect out to a variety of The hope is that this will resources already in place help families transition within the community. back into fully self- sufficient lives with a Starting with an unused broad network within a parking area, an empty larger community. lot and the abandoned Abbott surgical center, This stable support Shelter+ has a compact system is key to a families starting point to spread future success. out from. Campus program distribution Campus program dispersion
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